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Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938), the most influential and controversial Italian poet of the 20th century, published his masterpiece "Halcyon" in 1903. It is a carefully organized sequence of 88 lyrics which, to gain their full effect, must be read as a whole. Halcyon is a "solar diary" of a summer spent in Tuscany, part of the time with the legendary Eleanora Duse. The poems evoke specific times and places; more importantly, they conjure up emotions, memories and myths associated with each place. Beginning in early summer, they move through the seasons, changing in verse-form and mood, always delighting in the sensuous qualities of language. J.G. Nicholls's translation makes the richness and subtlety of d'Annunzio's poetry accessible to the English-speaking reader, and his introduction illuminates the complex themes and structure of the work. He provides a full glossary of places and references.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Halcyon
• Author: Gabriele D'Annunzio
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 263
• EAN: 9781857546934
• ISBN: 1857546938
• ID: 05117763
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
• Weight: 300 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 136 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. April 2003

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